The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.
Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Where I grew up, in a remote village at the back of a valley, the old still thought the dead needed attending to - a notion so universal, it's enscribed in all religions. If you didn't, they might exact revenge upon the living.
Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.
It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980.
I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.
All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.
Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.
Living well is the best revenge.
Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea.
No trait is more justified than revenge in the right time and place.
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.
Revenge is a way of life and definitely some thing that we identify with. We all feel cheated in some way about some thing and how nice it would be to do something about it. I mean ultimately it's not the most Christian of sentiments.
Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy.
From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader but I'm going to get out of here and do something.'
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
Usually, you see this play as a guy who can't make up his mind, but our version is more of a revenge thriller than a man who is pontificating what he should do next. I've never seen a 'Hamlet' this big, this exciting, with this many cast members; it's quite a spectacle.
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge on the Hutus, there is a sense of being swept up and a sense that the society in which they live has gone mad.
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Justice is revenge.
I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind of the person who was plotting vengeance.
While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
Violence only perpetrates more violence, and it becomes a vicious cycle. There are political situations all over the world where there are untold acts of revenge for incidences, and thousands and thousands of lives are lost because of them.
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities.
Success is the best revenge. I always feel women should answer back either with their sarcasm or success.
